Technology Quotes

"Technology amplifies human nature—both the best and worst of it."

"The instruments we use shape what we can possibly discover."

"Technology amplifies human nature; it is not neutral."

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled."

"Technology mirrors the state of human consciousness."

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled."

"The key to science is this: it doesn't give you answers that last forever. Technology is always changing."

"You can't make something intelligent; you can only make something complicated."

"We live in an age where the impossible becomes measurable and verifiable."

"Technology is like a game - if you don't know the rules, you will lose."

"We are not going to be able to operate our spacecraft unless we are aware of where our atoms came from."

"Technological change is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal."

"I have always hated machinery, and I hate it the more the more ingenious it is."

"Technology is neither good nor bad, but neutral; it is what we do with it that matters."

"Technology should serve humanity, not the reverse."

"The development of technology has not diminished the importance of the human spirit."

"Every tool carries with it the conceptual world in which it was invented."

"Technology amplifies but cannot replace human mathematical insight."

"Technological change is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal."

"Technology is merely the application of human creativity to the problems of existence."

"Technology without wisdom is merely power without purpose."

"Technology is a mirror reflecting both our wisdom and our folly."

"The growth of the Internet will slow drastically."

"The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race."

"Technology is the extension of human will into the material world."

"Technology is a means, not an end. The end is human flourishing."

"I believe that at the end of the century the use of words and general educated opinion will have altered so much that one will be able to speak of machines thinking without expecting to be contradicted."

"Computing machinery and intelligence."

"The idea behind digital computers may be explained by saying that these machines are intended to carry out any operations which could be carried out by a human computer."

"Turing believes machines will eventually compete with men in all purely intellectual fields."